Parable Of Jotham

I was discussing the parable of Jotham over on the OSG group on facebook.  I thought it is very appropriate for the time we are currently in with the new leaders taking office soon.

If you would like to check it out it’s Judges 9:7-15.  Are there any Abimelech’s in this past election?

Tags: election, Jotham, Parable

700 Billion

What would you do with 700 billion dollars?

That’s more money than any lottery jackpot I have ever seen.

Saddleback Civil Forum

I watched the interview of Obama and McCain by Rick Warren last night.  They held the civil forum at the Saddleback church.  I’m not sure what I was expecting but I did enjoy the questions Rick asked.  Some of them included:

• Name 3 leaders that have shaped you or those that you listen to.
• What does it look like to be a Christian in everyday life?
• Define marriage.
• What do you think about stem cell research?
• At what point do a baby in the mothers womb gain human rights?
• When is someone considered rich?
• Does evil exist?

Obama danced around the issues on several of the questions and McCain was very direct and straight forward with his answers.  What can I say? “Normal politics.”

I will say this though it appeared that both the candidates have read Rick’s book because they both answered the question about what a christian looks like today with “It’s not about me.”  I wonder if they only read the first paragraph or did they read the whole book?

I dislike politics so this will probably be my last post about this.  The only reason I bring it up now is because I was totally fascinated with the idea of having a forum with two political leaders at a church.  All in all it was a great forum.

Did you get a chance to watch it?  What did you think?

McCain and Obama to Interview at Saddleback.

I don’t normally post about anything political in nature but this article caught my eye.

McCain and Obama will talk faith

How about that. The presidential candidates are going to talk faith with Rick Warren at Saddleback. This will be an interesting interview. Are they just going to tell us what they think we want to hear? Thoughts?